Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel
Registered by Fire-Dragon of Newtown, New South Wales Australia on 12/17/2009
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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Journal Entry 1 by Fire-Dragon from Newtown, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, December 17, 2009
From the back cover: A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it.
In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction—at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful—and completely unforgettable.
I found this copy on the street and rescued it for BookCrossing. I read the book a long time ago and really enjoyed it.
Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it.
In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction—at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful—and completely unforgettable.
I found this copy on the street and rescued it for BookCrossing. I read the book a long time ago and really enjoyed it.
Journal Entry 2 by Fire-Dragon at XO Cafe (Church @ 30th St) in San Francisco, California USA on Thursday, December 17, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (12/17/2009 UTC) at XO Cafe (Church @ 30th St) in San Francisco, California USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I'll leave this on the magazine table at the back of the cafe.
I'll leave this on the magazine table at the back of the cafe.
